Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [adv] actually [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though he does not actually tell us much about Eddie he tells us that Eddie could be involved in something bloody . |
| 2 | He does not actually forbid remarriage for those whose partner has died , but his view seems to be that this is not God 's purpose for marriage . |
| 3 | This point emerged in a 1986 case in which the High Court accepted that a person seeking a job relies on the accuracy of a reference about his character and capabilities even if he does not actually ask for it himself . |
| 4 | After all , he does not actually seek the result to which the polls have been pointing since the election campaign began . |
| 5 | ‘ Sometimes he does n't actually talk , ’ she had explained to David Quest soon after they met , which was at the wedding of Kate Molland and James Salperton . |
| 6 | He does n't actually realise that , at this point , the beautiful Estella is Miss Havisham 's tool . |
| 7 | Now he does n't actually make the concession I think it 's consistent of what he says , that he ought to concede that direct democracy might be better at improving the citizens , because after all the citizens have much more to do on in service of the state but his view is that direct democracy has the opposite failure to guardianship , that while it might be better at improving citizens it 's absolutely hopeless in managing the affairs of the state and his reasons for that is that we need experts with experience in order to carry out the affairs of government and although these people ought ultimately to be held responsible to the people , people should n't sit in judgment them in every one of their decisions . |
| 8 | So he does n't actually go out and do |
| 9 | He does n't actually use the words but his philosophy is clearly that the New Zealand sojourn may have been the darkest hour but that the darkest hours comes before the dawning of a new day . |
| 10 | He does n't actually have a record . |
| 11 | But with a constant round of hotel openings — Hilton has opened 25 properties in the past three years and has 15 in development — he does n't actually get a lot of time behind the desk . |
| 12 | I 'm sure he just heats it , I 'm sure he does n't actually boil it . |
| 13 | Aside from the fact that he does n't actually discuss it in any detail , there is little more than a disappointed huffing and puffing at the exhaustion of the avant-garde 's shock value ( backed up by a particularly crass quotation from Peter Bürger about Duchamp 's readymades ) and some utterly routine panting over the outlandish prices being currently paid for Van Goghs — plus a quotation from a sub-Warholian Manhattan ‘ artist ’ answering an art magazine questionnaire with a few smart remarks about business and producing art for the market . |
| 14 | He does n't actually discuss the body as individuality . |
| 15 | He 's Mr Nice Guy , you see , he talks about going in when you have something nice and positive to promote and you think he does n't actually read The Sun . |
| 16 | he does n't actually say , well he does say the odd word if you listen carefully , of his own |